INthehatch Golite WISP WIND SHIRT
If you’re the type of person who reaches for a tissue to wipe your runny nose when a cool breeze picks up, why not stuff a jacket that’s the same bulk and weight as your snot- ty Kleenex in your PFD pocket instead? Golite’s Wisp
Wind ultra-thin, quick-dry,
wind-
resistant polyester taffeta shell has a front zipper, elasticized cuffs and waist, and absolutely nothing else. It weighs a mere 70 grams and packs down smaller than a tennis ball. —I.M.
$80 Cdn, $70 US.
www.golite.com Seattle Sports
CYCLONE and EXPEDITION DRY BAGS Sea kayakers are faithful adherents to modern camping’s maxim: The better you pack your gear, the more you can bring. These two dry bags from Seattle Sports serve this end by trading trapped air for more hatch capacity. The tapered Cyclones are non-stick ripstop material so they won’t cling to each other or your hull as you slide their tapered ends into the narrowest reaches of your bow and stern. The Expedition compression bags come in three sizes with compres- sion straps. Both styles of Seattle Sports dry bags feature an auto- purge valve that automatically expels excess air as you cinch the bags down. It’s like vac- uum-bagging your gear until its density approach- es that of a black hole— a hypothetical region in spacetime from which nothing can escape, not even the smell of your polypro. —I.M.
Cyclone (large), $68 Cdn, $45 US; Expedition (large) $60 Cdn, $40 US.
www.seattle-
sportsco.com
GSI
JAVA PRESS and JAVA GRIND The Java Press heralds the end of the era of “cowboy cof- fee.” No more employing G-forces or cold water and tap- ping to settle loose grounds of coffee in a pot of boiling water. GSI brings civility and ease to the coastal ritual of morning caffeine on the beach. The durable Lexan Java Press makes great coffee every time, provided you don’t let it steep more than four minutes and render the brew, and your trip mates, bitter. Also available is a 1.5 litre-size for those with more than a casual addic- tion. True aficionados can take their camp coffee experience one step further (or back- ward) after a bit of elbow grease applied to crank- ing the beans through the adjustable ceramic element of the Java Grind. With the GSI
Java Press and Grind on trip there’s no reason to let your babies get up and be cowboys. —I.M.
Salus Marine Wear
AMYOT You couldn’t blame Francis Amyot for feeling like he was shortchanged after win- ning a gold medal in the 1,000-metre canoe sprint at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Despite being the only Canadian to bring home gold, he had to pay his own way to the Olympics. Amyot was clearly a guy who needed performance-ori- ented equipment on a budget.
It was no coincidence that Salus Marine Wear should pay late tribute to him with their new Amyot PFD. The “high-back vest” keeps the bulk of the flotation high between the shoulders above obtrusive back bands and results in a better floating angle. Amyot would also no doubt approve of the shoulder and side adjustment straps to help the contoured floatation panels hug his torso and the generously sized pocket for his watch. —I.M.
$119 Cdn, $99 US.
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